Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
I used to lay awake at night thinking of ways to make X suffer; to punish him for his abuse. I talked about this a bit in the I left him because I loved him post. How could I make him know how much he'd hurt me? How could I get revenge? I didn't want to… Continue reading Trying to get revenge on an abuser is like trying to teach a fish to climb a tree
I was married for over 20 years. X was physically abusive off and on the whole time. He could go years without a physical incident. But the threats, insults, beratings were more common. It wasn't constant. And that was the confusing part. We might have had a couple of months of peace and laughter. And… Continue reading I left him because I loved him
